Prominent Armenian businessman Ghazaros Unan dies in Istanbul

12:49 • 01.06.18

Ghazaros Unan, a prolific Istanbul-Armenian entrepreneur well known for his necktie manufacturing business, has died at age 88, Milliyet reports.

His company DYOIK, which became a popular brand shortly after its foundation in 1999, exports neckties to Germany, United Kingdom, Russia, the Netherlands, Romania, Egypt, Jordan, Greece and other countries.

Unan was a symbolic figure for the Istanbul-Armenian community "if not one of the most ambitious businessmen” in Turkey, according to Zhamank, an Istanbul-based Armenian publication.

It is reported that civil funeral rites will be held later today at the Armenian Church of Three Altars (Istanbul's Balik Pazar district).